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Navigating the Complexities of Disease Prevention, Alternative Treatments, and Multi-Drug Resistant Rhodococcus equi Mitigation Strategies 

Higgins, Courtney (2023-07-28)  ETD File Embargoed
The opportunistic pathogen, Rhodococcus equi, is a robust soil saprophyte present in the environment of horse-breeding farms and an important cause of pulmonary disease in foals at endemic farms. As an effort to prevent ...

Near infrared spectroscopy to assess the onset of increased metabolism and muscle tissue oxygenation during muscle contractions 

Sun, Yi (2012-11-15)
The aims of the present study were to 1) Determine whether there is a time delay (TD) in VO2 at the onset of contractions by comparing the NIRS responses during blood perfusion versus hemoglobin (Hb)-free buffer perfusion; ...

Near-Surface Mounted, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strips for Negative-Moment Strengthening of Concrete Bridges—Design Methodology 

Alexy, Jeffrey (2009-05-12)
A bridge near Letohatchee, Alabama, was found to be deficient for certain types of truck loadings. Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strips were selected to use in the strengthening scheme. Various models and code recommendations ...

Near-Surface-Mounted Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strips for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Girders 

Bertolotti, Eric A. (2012-01-09)
The AL 97 bridge over I-65 near Letohatchee, Alabama, has been found to have deficient negative-moment capacity under current loading standards. A near-surface-mounted fiber-reinforced polymer (NSM FRP) strengthening system ...

NEED A NERD – Adapting PCSE (Practitioner Centered Software Engineering) to develop a Web Application 

Selvaraj, Prabhu (2012-08-14)
Practitioner Centered Software Engineering (PCSE) is the most recent incarnation of Auburn University’s personal self-improvement process for helping software engineers control, manage, and improve the way they work. It ...

Needs Assessment and Practical Solutions for the Aquaponics Industry 

Pattillo, David Allen (2021-04-06)
This research serves as a needs assessment for the aquaponic industry, encapsulating the challenges, knowledge levels, information resource usage, production practices, and production scales of hobbyists, producers, and ...

Negative adult romantic relationship experiences and working models of self and other 

Taylor, Lisa (2005-08-15)
Internalized working models of self and other are blueprints of relationships that affect how people think about themselves and others in social relationships. The model of self is associated with an underlying anxiety ...

Negative Family Food Experiences, Ethnic Identity, and Disordered Eating in African-American Women: Measuring Relevant Risk and Protective Factors 

Hunter, Evelyn (2013-07-10)
Research with Caucasian women supports that negative family food (NFF) experiences may be a risk factor for disordered eating. To date, the examination of risk factors for disordered eating in African American (AA) women ...

Negative Water Imagery in the Rimas of Juan de Moncayo y Gurrea 

Meadows, Harrison (2011-08-02)
Juan de Moncayo y Gurrea’s (1614-1657) collection of poems, Rimas (1652), is replete with imagery, water being one of the most prevalent images. In the appearance of water throughout the poems, Moncayo consistently uses ...

Neighborhood regeneration - Through New Patterns of Urban Public Space 

Ran, Ran (2013-03-18)
Like many other decayed downtown areas in the U.S, the one in Montgomery, AL has a pedestrian framework which was provided for walking at the beginning of its settlement. However, most of the downtown neighborhood streets ...

Nematode Community Structure and Effects on Peanut Production Systems 

Conner, Kassie (2010-08-03)
Understanding the total nematode community in agronomic systems and its impact on crop health may provide insight into more sustainable management strategies. In this study the focus was on management of the peanut root-knot ...

Neoliberal Rhetoric in Higher Education 

Sexton, Robin (2016-11-09)
The volatile political and economic environment that surrounds US higher education at this time calls for a nuanced understanding of the greater issues impacting programs, missions, and governance in post-secondary ...

Neonatal Exposure to Estrogen and Estrogen Receptor Agonists and Antagonists: Effects on the Adult Endometrial Proteome and Morphoregulatory Gene Expression in the Neonatal Uterus 

Harris, Bethany (2010-01-06)
Development of the porcine uterus begins prenatally but is completed postnatally. In mammals, the uterus provides an embryotrophic environment for conceptus development and integrates maternal and conceptus signals needed ...

"The Nerds Are in Charge Here...:" The Fan Convention Celebrity Encounter 

Dannar, Anthony (2018-04-23)
This paper is an ethnographic examination of the fan-celebrity dynamic at a particular fan convention, Wizard World New Orleans (2018). Although fan motivations for attending a convention may vary, one of the main draws ...

Nest survival, nesting behavior, and bioenergetics of redbreast sunfish on the Tallapoosa River, Alabama 

Martin, Benjamin (2008-12-15)
Adaptive management has been implemented in the Tallapoosa River, Alabama; one objective of the process is to determine how discharge and temperature affect redbreast sunfish reproductive success. Nesting male redbreast ...

Nesting ecology of reptiles: Effects of maternal nesting behavior and egg incubation environments on offspring phenotypes and fitness 

Pruett, Jenna (2021-07-13)
Understanding the role of the environment in shaping phenotypic variation has been a goal at the heart of evolutionary biology since its inception. Through the work that led to the modern synthesis framework, we see that ...

Net Diagnosis Using Stuck-at and Transition Fault Models 

Zhao, Lixing (2011-11-02)
As deep sub-micron technologies are widely adopted in modern VLSI design and fabrication process, the shrinking size and increasing complexity of digital circuits make it more difficult to maintain a high yield. Diagnosis ...

Net Exchanges of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere in Tropical Asia during 1901–2010 

Banger, Kamaljit (2015-07-22)
Terrestrial ecosystems act as important sources of the greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), which cause climate warming. Therefore, understanding and quantification ...

A network analysis of two conceptual approaches to the etiology of PTSD 

Benfer, Natasha (2020-05-12)
Two prominent conceptual models of PTSD are the cognitive model, used in the development of cognitive processing therapy (CPT; Resick & Schnicke, 1992), and the functional contextualist model, underlying acceptance and ...

Neural Correlates of Abstract Rule use within the Rostro-Caudal Axis of the Frontal Lobes 

Goodman, Adam (2015-05-05)
This paper presents 2 experiments aimed to address key limitations in the understanding of how abstract rules (i.e., matching, non-matching) are subserved by regions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and frontal lobes of ...